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Animal Pragmatist EP

by Katie Kuffel

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1.
Remedy 04:49
I've been sippin' at this heat alone for a while And I can't help but wonder what bumble singed me with hunger Have I always been one to play with fire My mistakes were a stove, burning hot as the coals I raked myself over, and over, and over Those warnings I spurned 'cause my fingers still yearn For a heat 'cause all I'm feelin' are embers And then I remember I'm my own worst remedy For I poisoned every comfort and I swallow all my needs And I know in my shy unruly way I cheapen all my love by throwin' all my pain away I've been slippin' with these patchwork arms of mine Through the hallows of my own invention For a heart's always a heart, ably beats itself apart In that manic art of pain prevention Still loneliness clings, hits like a pendulum swing But swimmin' off kilter's the only way I've ever known That dry spell drove me sideways, upturned and I was waylaid But that road was ruined better pave a new one on my own But then I remember I'm my own worst remedy For I poisoned every comfort and I swallow all my needs And I know in my shy unruly way I cheapen all my love by throwin' all my pain away
2.
I'm the reactor and contractor, mitigator of disaster So sure to be mature but always ending it with laughter For crucial is my art of a jester playing parts Where scowls reassure and my teeth they tear apart But woe is one who's sharp of tongue And bears the barrel of the gun To her own heart My circular pantomime is not for those who tread with tides I try to tie these trials of mine but threads they break and unwind me And I must say that on the stage I could be lovely in the way A marionette listens, mimics and obeys But woe am I who only cries when mirrors are full as my own sighs I'm fine, I'm fine! Peel me down anyways! It would take the might of man to hold me down and take my hand For tentative and full of sand is this body I command So I'll sleep in my own faults scrape these crags and fall apart Dragged to dust by nothing but the skipping beat of my own heart
3.
Embers 04:04
I hear it's quite easy to slip under my skin Pull out and repaint the sort of person I've been But all it takes is the weight of a dress on the floor For me to no recognize my face anymore And the hollow taste on the back of my tongue Has filled me up full to the brim, and I'm done Don't feed me anymore! My soul's been sick for days So please clinging clock won't you tick this time away I think I remember there was smoke on my breath From the mouth of a flame who had burnt out my chest And I believe sleep would come easy if I were one of those folks Who was made of a mightier mettle than most And to say that I'm not trying man, that must be a joke 'Cause every kite that I try flying feels like it's tied to my throat I know these words won't come easy 'cause my lungs move so fast Am I fishing for trouble with no lifelines to cast And I feel beaten to rubble from that overhand clash I need some time, a day, a couple is that too much to ask?
4.
The first time my voice ever sang My heart got chipped like a porcelain stain How balmy the burn that burrowed in my palm My nights were soft and lonely And my days went on too long I grew up hearing my neck looked lovely concave So I stooped and stuttered simply stowed my sympathy away Life's a pill I swallowed dry but I'd sip the sea to soak my pride I was a daughter to the slaughter, please don't make me food for fodder Can someone tell me how long I've been mixing oil and water I met a man with a fist for a hand He had a tantalizing tendency for breaking all my plans But to be hurt and to be strong I'm the dichotomy of song The loneliest of conquerors who's battled on her own But no one can even tell me for whose sins do I atone
5.
What's the use of this self-infiltration My mind's meditations when all that I do is sing songs of you? But you were illuminated My my mutilated Sight of your person My own constructed version But I was learning and re-learning Who I was, what I was yearnin' for anyways I was an animal pragmatist young, naive, always guided by consequence And you were the trigger And I was shot straight through from the start For my practical actions bled dissatisfaction When I passively gave you my heart Because the first time you look upon yourself Through the lens, through the glass of somebody else All you see is the weight of your hunched frame From that grotesque truth every person has to tame That realization was the tar at my feet So I lashed out thrashing false words between my teeth And in that decay I breathed and bereaved I became the wretched form I thought you saw me to be
6.
I've had quite a time of it as of late Unsleeping sideways my dreams a slithering snake These bones that I've grown and this skin that I'm in seem shaky at best Can I even say I gave it my all? I guess... I'm no stone-throwing martyr my heart's just left my chest So I'll swallow my voice to save what's left Because I'm better than fine just give me some time And I'll laugh myself to sleep I've been unsetting fires and trippin' on wires An actress or liar of peace I say I'm okay take me at my word You can't worry 'bout something you haven't heard So I'll snarl and sneer when I need you near I'm scared I'm not self-assured It's been quite a harrowing start A heroine's arrow like a poisonous dart Whatever I touch never grows back Can I find greener pastures while picking up slack? I hear going forward's a crawl not a race But time's blowin' past me at a breakneck pace So I'll dig in my heels and hold on for a while Fake it and make it, go out with a smile Because I'm better than fine just give me some time And I'll laugh myself to sleep I've been unsetting fires and trippin' on wires An actress or liar of peace I say I'm okay take me at my word You can't worry 'bout something you haven't heard So I'll snarl and sneer when I need you near I'm scared I'm not self-assured

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released November 26, 2013

all music and lyrics by Katie Kuffel

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Katie Kuffel Seattle, Washington

Katie Kuffel is singer-songwriter currently residing in Seattle. With a contemporary sound that draws from blues, jazz and folk music, she is creating innovative, and thoughtful material. Her background in classical cello and jazz piano allows her to blend her complex lyrics into a sound that is entirely unique. ... more

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